{"title":"Curse Tablets of the Roman Period from the Athenian Agora","authors":"D. R. Jordan","doi":"10.2972/hesperia.91.1.00133","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This article presents 30 curse tablets from underground bodies of water in the Athenian Agora. These include 22 tablets from a well by the Civic Offices concerning slaves (a manumission, the prosecution of runaways), unpaid loans, and foreigners. Tablets from other wells include curses against athletes and thieves, a \"ritual diabolê\" to bring harm to an enemy, and the first known curse tablet in Athens addressed to the Nymphs. Three previously published texts (reread with a stereoscopic microscope) are presented again; the majority are published here for the first time.","PeriodicalId":44554,"journal":{"name":"Annual of the British School at Athens","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annual of the British School at Athens","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2972/hesperia.91.1.00133","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ARCHAEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT:This article presents 30 curse tablets from underground bodies of water in the Athenian Agora. These include 22 tablets from a well by the Civic Offices concerning slaves (a manumission, the prosecution of runaways), unpaid loans, and foreigners. Tablets from other wells include curses against athletes and thieves, a "ritual diabolê" to bring harm to an enemy, and the first known curse tablet in Athens addressed to the Nymphs. Three previously published texts (reread with a stereoscopic microscope) are presented again; the majority are published here for the first time.
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The School"s major publication, the Annual of the British School at Athens, is an illustrated volume of over 300 pages, with its Centenary volume appearing in 1995. It is a peer-reviewed journal, which publishes accounts of the School"s projects and articles on a wide range of Hellenic subjects. The table of contents for Volumes 103 and 104 (2008 and 2009) are available below, along with information for contributors. The Annual is available to Subscribing Members of the School. Alternatively, contact the London Secretary for subscription information.